Dear All,
My problem with the green card application is related to the Affidavit of Support document. I am a foreign citizen and came to US in 2005 with F1 visa. At the end of graduate study (2007 Summer which is the time I met my wife as well ), I found a job in New York city and moved here. My wife (well she was my girlfriend at that time) was still continuing her education back in OH. I worked one year on OPT and rest is on H1B. I am still working at my current job. Anyway, as of January this year (2010), my wife was graduated and came to NY to live with me (under the same residency). However, she is still unemployed due to hiring freeze in NY for teachers. I am able to support both of us so I was wondering whether I can fill out I-864A without any need of co-sponsor from her family members. If so, does this have any drawbacks or a potential to decrease the likeliness of being granted for the green card? - Please refer to item 5 listed below answering this question
There is also one more thing I need to mention. We got engaged this year in June and our wedding is scheduled for December. However, due to health insurance problems (Her health insurance from university expired at the end of July) we decided to get married in advance of the wedding ceremony in order to have her enrolled for health insurance provided by the company I am working at.
I will list couple items that might help to the fellow forum users in the reply process:
1- Me and my wife were never married to anyone in the past
2- We dated about 3 years before we got married
3- We will even have a wedding coming up in my native country as well
4- We are both currently living in US
5- I saw a sentence in I-864A form that specifically says "The intending immigrant is the sponsor's spouse and the intending immigrant can show that his or her income will
continue from the same source after acquisition of permanent residence" So does that mean, I have to keep working at the same job until i receive my permanent residency?
I really appreciate your reply regarding this matter
My problem with the green card application is related to the Affidavit of Support document. I am a foreign citizen and came to US in 2005 with F1 visa. At the end of graduate study (2007 Summer which is the time I met my wife as well ), I found a job in New York city and moved here. My wife (well she was my girlfriend at that time) was still continuing her education back in OH. I worked one year on OPT and rest is on H1B. I am still working at my current job. Anyway, as of January this year (2010), my wife was graduated and came to NY to live with me (under the same residency). However, she is still unemployed due to hiring freeze in NY for teachers. I am able to support both of us so I was wondering whether I can fill out I-864A without any need of co-sponsor from her family members. If so, does this have any drawbacks or a potential to decrease the likeliness of being granted for the green card? - Please refer to item 5 listed below answering this question
There is also one more thing I need to mention. We got engaged this year in June and our wedding is scheduled for December. However, due to health insurance problems (Her health insurance from university expired at the end of July) we decided to get married in advance of the wedding ceremony in order to have her enrolled for health insurance provided by the company I am working at.
I will list couple items that might help to the fellow forum users in the reply process:
1- Me and my wife were never married to anyone in the past
2- We dated about 3 years before we got married
3- We will even have a wedding coming up in my native country as well
4- We are both currently living in US
5- I saw a sentence in I-864A form that specifically says "The intending immigrant is the sponsor's spouse and the intending immigrant can show that his or her income will
continue from the same source after acquisition of permanent residence" So does that mean, I have to keep working at the same job until i receive my permanent residency?
I really appreciate your reply regarding this matter